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  1. John Chicken GB

    From chick crumbs to layers pellets !

    The two reccomended feeds for my chooks are chick crumbs ,from day old to 5 weeks and Layers pellets 5 weeks onwards . All my chicks from day old to five weeks , do very well on chick crumbs but getting them to favour the layers pellets is tough ! It seems that they would rather starve than...
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    Fencing - Electric fencing will keep the fox out but will it keep the

    Will electric fencing keep the geese in . Three strands - six inches , twelve inches , and two foot six inches .
  3. John Chicken GB

    Lock down Today ! Corridor pacing for the next two days !

    Question 1 The guidelines for lockdown are , two or three days and to me this is a bit of a vague rule , so what is best - two days or three ? I suppose if the air sack were on the small side then extra humidity wouldn't help at this stage, two days of lock down then , but I'm only...
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    Building Coop Question

    Putting in the perches for my bantams . How low from the ground should the first one be and how low from the roof should the last one be ? hoping to have four perches altogether . The coop is 4ft at the low end and 5ft at the high end of the sloping roof .
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    Intergrating mixed age/sex flock !

    Ok , Sit back whilst I explain my set up . I inherited 1 cockerel and 1 hen , both quite old 5 or 6 yrs I believe . They arrived with a rabbit hutch , which was a bit cramped , too low for him too crow without scratching his comb on the wire ,. So I thought , time to expand. My daughter and I...
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    When to lift out new hatchlings ?

    I have a mixed batch of different hatch-date eggs on the go , some chicks are larger and rougher to the smaller ones , as they are coming out intermittently ,. Q . How soon after hatching should I lift out the chicks , ? It seems like the newer hatchlings are getting a hard time ??? Please...
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    Changeing weather for newly outed four week olds !

    My mixed flock of four week olds , were turned out into their outside pens the day before yesterday ,> They've had two wonderful days in the sunshine (with access to shade of course ) with temps of 25C . Today though the temp has dropped to 15c with rain forcast all day . Should I bring them...
  8. John Chicken GB

    Boys n' girls

    My Light Sussex six week old chicks are showing tiny splinter sized spurs . I guess that they are Roo's then ! Darn it !
  9. John Chicken GB

    Putting chicks to bed !

    My newest additions to my flock are six weeks old now,. I have introduced them , and they seem to have intergrated well . But at bed time I'm having problems getting the new additions to go into the coop . The older birds might be putting them off , so I put in an alternative coop for them ...
  10. John Chicken GB

    Vaccination ? Who / When / Why ?

    Just started up with Chooks again , this last few months after a 45 year break ! In the old days there were some routine vaccines about ;but what is the form nowadays ? A flock of 25 domestic bantams for fun and of course for eggs. So vaccinate or not ? and also worming will be an issue soon...
  11. John Chicken GB

    Raising chicks ( with feathered feet )

    My ten day old Lemon milleur sable poots seem to be unhappy with their rapidly growing feathers on their feet. They hold each foot up in turn almost as if either in pain or bewilderment ? I have an incling that if I snipped them off now they might be happier about their situation . However , I...
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